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Biodiversity financing: why investing in nature matters for Pakistan’s economy

Pakistan Published 16 September 2026, 02:49 · archived 15 Sep 2026

Pakistan is accustomed to debating the cost of climate change. Floods destroy infrastructure, droughts reduce agricultural output and heatwaves threaten lives and productivity. Yet there is another economic crisis unfolding more quietly: the erosion of the natural systems that make economic activity possible in the first place. Fertile soils, rivers, forests, wetlands, pollinators and mangroves are often treated as free gifts of nature, until they disappear and their economic value suddenly becomes visible. This is where biodiversity financing matters. It is the mobilisation and allocation of ...

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